Hannah's farm is facing a new threat - a water company wants to flood the land to make a reservoir. How can Hannah stand by and watch as her home, the land her family has farmed for generations, the wildlife, the ancient trees, all disappear under a deluge of water? She isn't going to go down without a fight!

Hannah told Martha what she'd overheard. Martha stared. "No way," she said. "I swear," said Hannah. "But what does it mean?" asked Sam. "What's he not telling us?"

Hannah just wants to concentrate on her school play. But her father is behaving strangely, and his children are sure he's keeping a secret from them. They suspect the worst, but the truth is far more terrible than they could ever have imagined.

With her home facing destruction, Hannah makes a decision. No one is ever going to take her farm away from her. And when the going gets tough, the tough take to the stage...

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Ben looked up. His face was white. "We're not really going to do this, are we? It's mad. We're all going to get expelled." "They can't expel us for doing a play," said Hannah."It's a bit more than that, isn't it? We've got, like, the director of Aqua coming. What if he sues us for inviting him to be in a play on false pretences? What if everyone walks out and there's a massive fight with the bouncers? Then we'll definitely be expelled. And no other school will take us and we won't get any GCSEs and I'll have a criminal record and - " "OK, OK," said Hannah. "We're just doing a play, that's all. A slightly different play from the one they were expecting. And this was all my idea and I'm taking responsibility for it. If anyone's going to get expelled, it'll be me."